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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5153 

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to modify the definition 

of hemp, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 

Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to modify 

the definition of hemp, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hemp Economic Mobi5 lization Plan Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘HEMP Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. HEMP PRODUCTION. 

7 (a) DEFINITION OF HEMP.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 297A(1) of the Agri9 cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639o(1)) 


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1 is amended by striking ‘‘0.3 percent’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘1 percent’’. 

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

4 297B(e)(2)(A)(iii) of the Agricultural Marketing Act 

5 of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639p(e)(2)(A)(iii)) is amended 

6 by striking ‘‘0.3 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘1 percent’’. 

7 (b) TESTING FOR DELTA-9 THC; DOCUMENTATION

8 DURING TRANSPORT.— 

9 (1) STATE AND TRIBAL PLANS.—Section 

10 297B(a)(2)(A) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 

11 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639p(a)(2)(A)) is amended— 

12 (A) in clause (ii)— 

13 (i) by inserting ‘‘the measurement of 

14 uncertainty of which is not greater than 

15 0.075 percent,’’ after ‘‘methods,’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘hemp’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘products derived from hemp plants’’; 

18 (B) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

19 end; 

20 (C) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause 

21 (viii); 

22 (D) by inserting after clause (vi) the fol23 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(vii) a requirement that any person 

2 transporting hemp shall keep with the 

3 shipment of hemp— 

4 ‘‘(I) a copy of a valid license or 

5 other required authorization from the 

6 State department of agriculture or 

7 Tribal government, as applicable, or a 

8 license from the Secretary, issued to 

9 the producer, as is required to be sub10 mitted to the Secretary under clause 

11 (vi), as applicable, and collected by 

12 the Secretary under section 

13 297C(d)(2)(C); or 

14 ‘‘(II) a copy of a certificate from 

15 a laboratory demonstrating that the 

16 hemp contains a delta-9 

17 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of 

18 not more than 1 percent on a dry 

19 weight basis; and’’; and 

20 (E) in clause (viii) (as so redesignated), by 

21 striking ‘‘the practices and procedures described 

22 in clauses (i) through (vi)’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘clauses (i) through (vii)’’. 


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1 (2) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PLAN.— 

2 Section 297C(a)(2) of the Agricultural Marketing 

3 Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639q(a)(2)) is amended— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (B)— 

5 (i) by inserting ‘‘the measurement of 

6 uncertainty of which is not greater than 

7 0.075 percent,’’ after ‘‘methods,’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘hemp’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘products derived from hemp plants’’; 

10 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

11 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

12 (C) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 

13 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(G) a requirement that any person trans16 porting hemp shall keep with the shipment of 

17 hemp— 

18 ‘‘(i) a copy of a valid license or other 

19 required authorization from a State de20 partment of agriculture or Tribal govern21 ment, as applicable, or a license from the 

22 Secretary, issued to the producer, as is re23 quired to be submitted to the Secretary 

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1 cable, and collected by the Secretary under 

2 subsection (d)(2)(C); or 

3 ‘‘(ii) a copy of a certificate from a lab4 oratory demonstrating that the hemp con5 tains a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol con6 centration of not more than 1 percent on 

7 a dry weight basis.’’. 

8 (c) CONFORMING REVISIONS TO REGULATIONS.— 

9 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

10 Act, without regard to the notice and comment provisions 

11 of section 553 of title 5, United States Code, the Secretary 

12 of Agriculture shall revise part 990 of title 7, Code of Fed13 eral Regulations, to make any conforming changes that 

14 are necessary as a result of this section and the amend15 ments made by this section. 

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